BHS ASL Instructional Guide

Vocabulary: ●

Holidays ( new)

● I can recall the vocabulary we learned in the previous level in relation to: ○ Sports, activities, chores, and errands ○ Calendar time ○ Daily routines ○ Contact information ○ Seasons and weather ○ Holidays and events ● I can discuss holiday traditions. ● I can discuss holiday plans in detail. ● I can request help with a task. ● I can explain a conflict that has arisen in order to reschedule plans with someone. ● I can ask for and give permission to borrow or use something.

Structure: ●

Descriptive & Locative Classifiers

Culture: ● Struggles and feelings that the Deaf have about being around hearing family for the holidays (communicating at the table, being left out, not wanting to leave their friends at school) https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards-Framework-2020.pdf

DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION

Skill Building

● Use a variety of visuals to define meaning of words and phrases ● Use a graphic organizer to differentiate vocabulary, phrases, & images for students to make associations between objects & vocabulary. ● Use Total Physical Response to review new vocabulary ● Pair with partners to practice conversation/group students to allow opportunity for them to practice signing. Before assigning students a conversation, model the conversation, and provide sentence frames or sentence starters ● Use gestures and oral repetition of key phrases and words in multiple contexts. ● Model conversational sign language. ● Students look at a picture , identify the conversation that is most likely to happen and explain their reasoning. ● Have students provide extended responses/more details ● Engage the student in more student-teacher conversation in ASL aside from regularly planned activities or group the student with other advanced learners who are ready for more challenging dialog. ● Have students recognize and sign the new vocabulary. ● Make a resource list for fast finishers – sentence frames, sign Language review vocabulary resources. ● Students sign a conversation.

Extension